Don Quixote

<p class=ql-align-center>First published in 1605 <em>Don Quixote</em> by Miguel de Cervantes is a timeless satire of chivalric romance and one of the most influential novels in world literature. Part 1 follows Alonso Quixano a country gentleman so captivated by tales of knights and noble quests that he reinvents himself as Don Quixote the self-styled Knight of the Sorrowful Face. With his loyal but skeptical squire Sancho Panza he sets out across La Mancha in search of adventure-tilting at windmills he mistakes for giants freeing criminals who repay him with insults and entangling himself in the lives of shepherds innkeepers and star-crossed lovers.</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center>Across fifty-two chapters Cervantes blends farce pathos and biting social commentary creating a vivid portrait of idealism at odds with reality. This modernized edition of <em>Part 1</em> preserves the humor humanity and layered storytelling that have inspired readers for over four centuries offering both an engaging comic tale and a profound meditation on dreams delusions and the human spirit.</p>